Category: Lifestyle

Pain, Inflammation, and the Digestive Connection Modern medicine often treats pain like a villain. But in Chinese medicine, pain is a signal — your body asking for help. Pain is linked to inflammation, and inflammation is the body’s natural attempt to repair damage. But what happens when your body can’t complete the repair? That’s when…

The Downward Spiral of Energy, Weight, and Injury At Red Earth Acupuncture, we frequently see patients struggling with fatigue, weight gain, and injuries that just won’t heal. Often, they feel trapped in a cycle where each attempt to “push through” only makes things worse. We hear it all the time: “My doctor told me to…

As we step deeper into spring, we find ourselves approaching a meaningful seasonal threshold in the traditional East Asian calendar: Lìxià (立夏) — the Start of Summer. This is the moment when nature begins to stretch fully into warmth, when blossoms give way to fruit, and the energy of growth turns outward. It’s a time…